On October 11, 1994, 25-year-old Dallas Beard was found on Bronco Lane, just off Maine Avenue, in the Eaton Park area of Lakeland. He had been brutally stabbed. This case is also linked to a Lakeland P.D. case with victim Darrell Dillen.  Dillen was found in a motel room in Lakeland.  

Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to coldcase@polksheriff.org.